Fredericksburg, VA 22402 Frost Dates
Fredericksburg, VA: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 03/28, about 212 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 11/08, roughly 226 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fredericksburg in Zone 7b (5 to 10°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 10 weeks until Fredericksburg's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Fredericksburg's last frost
03/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 04/08 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Fredericksburg against the rest of the dataset
About 226 days separate Fredericksburg's last and first frost, putting it 11,145 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within VA, it ranks 127 of 1,178.
Learn more
Before leaning on 22402's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Fredericksburg's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Fredericksburg can differ from the 22402 normal.